The Upshot

Extra shot: Messi hungry for blood and Jesse Lingard’s awful chat up lines

Welcome back to Extra Shot, our Thursday pod spilling the funniest stories in sport this week. Samuel Eto’s mafia revolution, Tyson Fury’s playground insults and “the most scandalous incident in the history of mankind”. Links from the pod: Jesse Lingard’s training camp TikToks: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@jesselingard/video/7328033421496831264</a>  John Fury vs. Logan Paul: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DavF0eLCNwc</a>    Brereton Diaz Pepsi ad: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2wQzNeQGJ4</a>  Sign up for our Friday newsletter spilling more of sport’s funniest stories: <a href="http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.upshot.email?utm_source=podlink</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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